Summary: <p>Daniel is joined by game developer Amanda Wixted, who was <a href="http://zynga.com">Zynga’s</a> first iOS developer and now runs <a href="http://meteorgrove.com/">Meteor Grove Software</a>.</p> <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-342-5" style="width: 100%;"><a href="http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode6.mp3">http://bitsplitting.org/wp-content/podcasts/Episode6.mp3</a></audio> <p>Amanda had the opportunity to jump straight into professional game development after graduating from college in 2005. Since then she has co-developed many successful iOS titles including <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/pac-man/id281656475?mt=8&partnerId=30&siteID=I9*2vU2JkMU">Pac Man</a>, Mafia Wars, and Farmville.</p> <p>Additional Links:</p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/commanda">@commanda</a> – Amanda’s Twitter account.</li> <li> <a href="http://amandawixted.com/">AmandaWixted.com</a> – Amanda’s home page</li> <li> <a href="http://meteorgrove.com/">Meteor Grove Software</a> – Amanda’s consulting and development company.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo">Chris Hadfield’s Space Oddity</a> – Video of astronaut playing David Bowie’s song in space.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger">Space Shuttle Challenger</a> – The disaster-fated NASA space orbiter that Amanda’s dad was a finalist for boarding.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.saudiaramco.com/en/home.html">Saudi Aramco</a> – The Saudi oil company whose residential compound Amanda grew up on.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD">Multi-User Dungeon</a> – Text-based social adventure game that Amanda enjoyed as a child.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.stevensonschool.org/">Stevenson School</a> – Amanda’s High School in Pebble Beach, California.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster">Napster</a> – The peer-to-peer file sharing service.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealist_automatism">Surrealist Automatism</a> – Artistic method used for Automatic Poetry and other arts.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Kinsolving">Susan Kinsolving</a> – One of Amanda’s poetry inspirations.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings">E.E. Cummings</a> – Another poetry inspiration.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)">Dune</a> – The science fiction novel by Frank Herbert.</li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6680">Nokia 6682</a> – The smartphone Amanda used prior to debut of the iPhone.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/turf-geography-club">Turf Geography Club</a> – Crunchbase profile of the “FourSquare meets Monopoly” game Amanda worked on.</li> </ul> <p>Sponsored by <a href="http://helpspot.com/">HelpSpot</a>: Customer service is your best marketing. Make every ticket count with HelpSpot.</p>
